County Board To Meet In June With Likely Last Session
Will county board of supervisors plans a June 10 meeting, chaired by Edwin Drecksler, with routine business and possible bills paid from tax receipts. The 40-member group will adjourn until September, then reassemble with Forest Preserve Board committees and a board attorney to be named. Emil DiLorenzo may seek re election.
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Will County Board of Supervisors
Edwin Drecksler
Board of Supervisors
Forest Preserve Board
Emil DiLorenzo
Samuel M Vauclain Estimates 60 000 Locomotives Built
Samuel M Vauclain of the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia says he helped build about 60 000 locomotives. This figure reflects his long career and the scale of the company’s output.
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Samuel M. Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Philadelphia
Two Women Seek Divorce in Circuit Court
Two divorce actions were filed in the circuit court naming two women as plaintiffs. Julia Pesavento seeks custody of their two children in a 1931 marriage to John Pesavento with attorney Joseph E. Rymsza listed. Frances Brown Uhler sues George Francis Uhler for custody of one daughter. they married in 1919 at Rockford, attorney C George Dimas listed.
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Circuit
Julia Pesavento
John
Joseph E. Rymsza
Pesavento
Frances Brown Uhler
George Francis Uhler
Rockford
C. George Dimas
Uhler
Homemakers School Opens July 30 at State Fair Grounds
The 1940 Nora Dunlap School for Homemakers runs July 30 to August 7 and the State Fair School of Domestic Science from August 9 to 15 at the New Woman's Building Springfield. Information and blanks are available from Mrs Anita Shamel Illinois Farmers Institute Room 12 Centennial Annex. Gray haired Marian Rice Hart, English, arrived in New York aboard the 80 foot ketch Vanora after a 30000 mile round world voyage acting as skipper and piloting parts of the trip.
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Nora Dunlap
State Fair
Springfield
Anita Shamel
Household Science Department
Illinois Farmers’ Institute
Centennial Annex
Marian Rice Hart
New York
Mrs. Hart
Couples Flock To Altar As Month Of June Nears
Seven marriage licenses were issued by the county clerk as couples filed intentions to wed. The list includes Glenn Alexander and Louise Gustafson of Chicago, Hugo DiGuisto and Mary Goran of Joliet, Milton Allen and Edna Hauser of Chicago, Locke Miller of Lockport and Gwendolyn Schwartz of Joliet, Charles Stroud and June Randall of Chicago, Jessie Townsend and Lizzie Mae Collins of Chicago, and Joseph Danzero and Lola Early.
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Glenn Alexander
Louise Gustafson
Chicago
Hugo DiGuisto
Mary Goran
Joseph Danzero
Lola Early
Joliet
Normal Schools to Undertake Major Building Program
The State Normal School Board approved construction and repair projects at five state normal colleges. Total funding of 765000 dollars funds new buildings and improvements, with Southern Illinois Normal University in Carbondale receiving 500000 for a new training school. Northern Illinois State Teachers College in DeKalb also authorized a 150000 science building project.
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State Normal Colleges
State Normal School Board
Eastern State Teachers College
Charleston
Southern Ilinois
Normal University At
Carbondale
Linois State Teachers College
DeKalb
Local Office Lists Student For Jebs
Illinois State Employment service registers high school graduates for job screening. Students under 21 are interviewed to gauge suitability for sales, professional, clerical, factory, and machine work at the local office.
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Illinois State Employment Service
Diploma Exercises Set for 449 Joliet Graders
Joliet grade schools will award diplomas to 449 students at exercises in Joliet Township High on Friday June 7 at 8 o clock. An industrial arts demonstration from four junior high schools will open the program. The band and orchestra will perform solo and ensemble numbers. Rev. L W Clark of Ridgewood Baptist Church will be speaker. William Speckman, board president, will present diplomas.
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Joliet
Joliet Township
At & c
L. W. Clark
Ridgewood Baptist Church
William Speckman
St Francis College to Graduates Twenty Nine Degrees
Twenty nine graduates at the College of St. Francis will receive degrees in St Josephs chapel. The ceremony begins at 2 oclock with a processional from Residence hall. Rev Eligius Weir will present the degrees in place of Sister Aniceta. Dr Ambrose Burke of St Ambrose College Davenport IA will give the commencement address.
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St. Francis
College of St. Francis
St. Joseph's
Eligius Weir
Aniceta
Ambrose Burke
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
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